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KDe assEIIfer Vincent.

Vincent, the defaulting treasurer OF
Alabama, after wandering fugitive
from justice for four years, has at last
been run down and captured. He war
a trdsted officer of the state of Ala.
bama, who was discovered to be a de.
iaulter in the amount of $225,OO0 in
january, 1888. He will be prosecuted
at Montgomery on thirty-two counts
of an indictment for embezzlement
ard it is said, the trial promises to be-
highly sensational, as it is likely To
lmpIlcate some others who have been
conspicuous in public life and around
public places in Alabama. Vincent is
broken down in health and spirit, and
IN his desperate condition may tell ol
some things which will make it un.
comfortable for Others.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1887-03-24
Emperor William for Peace.

BERLIN, March 16.-It is reported
that Emperor William on receiving
the French General Mrquis d'Abzac
said "Tell your compatriots that
there is no danger of war 40 long as
live, | shall use all my influence to
maintain peace. God will soon call
me to Himself. l do not wish to leave
my people heritage of blood. Ger
many shares my desire for good rela-
tions with France"
On the Emperor's birthday IS me M
hers OF reigning houses will assemble
With $50 notables en- suite.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1887-03-24

ST. LOUIS, March 15.-The remains
If the distinguished civil engineer
Captain James B. Eads, arrived here
this morning. The arrangements fol
the funeral have not yet been complet.
I'd, but it will take place from Christ
Episcopal Church sometime to.mor.
row. Rev. DR., Schuyler, the rector
will officiate.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1887-03-24
No More Capital Punlshme emI
in Maine.

AUGUSTA, Maine, March 15.-Tht
repeal of the capital punishment law
has been effected, and Imprisonment
for life is substituted for death in all
cases of murder in the first degree
Such convicts, however, are to be kept
IN close confinement away from all as
Sociations, and no pardoning power i,
left to the Governor and council unles.
the convict is proved innocent.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1887-03-24

From the shelby n c., NeU Era,
we learn that Mr. j. S. Hartwell, OF
New York, the b ,okkeeper and pay
master of the G. { & G. X. R. Co. har
been in Shelby for about two weeks
He is favorably impressed with our
town, but anticipates that tie nature
of his duties will make q residence at
some point in South Carolina necessa-
ry, as most of the work of construction
will be done in that State this year.
Two locomotives and three plssen-
gers cars are expected to arrive in a
few days.
On the 5th inst, Harvey Bradshaw,
aged about II years, raped little gill
by the name Of Higgins, about 9 year,
old, near Opossum, P. O., this county.
1t 10 thought the little girl will recov-
er, though her injuries are very seri-
ous
The girl says that Bradshaw drew
his knife on her aud threatened thai
II she made any outcry he would kill
her; while Bradshaw claims that she
willingly consented to what took
place. Bu5 in either case, the little
girl is under ten years of age, and is
still protected by certain State laws
which will make itgo justly hard with
the young rascal.
Bradshaw is under arrest awaitin Z
an investigation of the matter.-ROg
ersville Herald.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1887-03-24
VOL. III.
"The years creep slowly by, Lorena.
The snow Ia on the grass again;

"The years creep slowly by, Lorena.
The snow is on the grass again.
The suns low down the sky, Lorena,
The frost CLEANS where the flOw'rs have bee
But the heart throbs on as warmly now
As when the summer days were nigh
oh, the sun can never dip as low
Adown affections cloudless sky.
"a hundred months have passed, Lorena,
Since last held that hand In mine,
And felt that pulse beat fast Lorena,
A hundred months-twas flOwery May
When up the hilly slope we climbed,
To watch the dying of the day
And hear the distant church bells ehimed,
I'VE loved each other then, Lorena.
More than we ever dared to tell;
And what we might have been, Lorena,
Had but our livings prospered well;
But then, It's past-the years are gone;
III not call up their shadowy FORMS
I'll say to them; Lost years sleep, on,
sleep on; nor heed life's pelting storms
"The story of that past, Lorena
Alas care not to repeat;
The hopes that could not last, Lorena,
They lived. but only lived to cheat.
| would not cause cen one regret
To rankle in your bosom now,
For If we try we may forget.
Were words OF thine long years ago.
eyes, tLese words of thine, Lorena-
They burn within my memory yet
They touched some tender chords, Lorena,
Which thrill and tremble with regret,
Twas not thy woman's heart that spoke
Thy heart was always true to me,
A duty, strong and pressing broke
The tie which linked my soul with thee.
ut matters little now Lorena,
The past is in the eternal past.
Our heads will soon be low, Lorena,
Life's tide is ebbing out so fast
There is IL future Oh, thank Godl
OF life this is so small part;
'Tis dust to dust beneath the sod,
But there, up there, It's heart to heart"
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The other night, at Hanover, NH
Arthur Chase, Jr, a Dartmouth Col.
lege sophomore, got up in his sleep
and broke the window of his room.
cutting his hands badly, and then
jumped from the second story to the
ground. The deep snow broke his fall
tie then ran up the street, and, com
ing back, pounded on the doors of his
house until he fell fainting. Next day
he was none the worse for his per-
torrance, though it was an entirely
new thing for him.
They Arbitrated.-An old tramp
who had agreed to saw wood for half
an hour for his breakfast from Bati-
more woman, quit at the seventh stick
and said:
Madame, have struck for more
breakfast and less wood are you will
ing to arbitrator
Certainly" she replied, and she
left the case in the hands OF her bull
dog, who ran the tramp half mile and
decided that lockout was inevitable,
-En.
Franklin Hinkley of Fail Mountain
is good subject for their hair restor-
ers, He was ill for some time with
disease of the spine, and hair of his
beard, moustache, eyebrows, and eye
Iashes all came out, and there is no
prospect of his return. He would
make good photograph to be labell-
ed. Before Using"
A Merced, Cal, farmer has poison
ed over 10000 jack rabbits in the last
four years, and yet, in spite of the war
fare against them, they are increasing
in number and are becoming a verita-
BILE plague to the Merced and Fresno
farmers.
There is considerable phosphorus in
the soil in portions of Georgia. In
Albany this spring the light emitted
has been remarkable, and correspon-
dent writes Pedestrians have
caught this luminous substance on
their feet, and their path would be
marked for a short distance by the
light"
Fannie Rasche, a beggar well known
on the streets OF New Orleans for years
past, died in her miserable hovel the
other day, and hidden in the room
were bank book and securities repre-
senting $4,000
Since the great mineral develope-
ments in Alabama, Alabooma would
be in order"
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1887-03-24
Old I'm Sin.
Observer.

Fayetteville Observer
Only about one-third of the 100
Democratic newspapers in Tennessee
oppose Gov, Bob Taylor, And every
one OF that small number, or its edi-
tor, has in a previous canvass, endeav.
ored to defeat the Democratic ticket
bv boIting the nominee. Party trea-
son is an old practice with them.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1887-03-24

VIM. Paxton, of Lancaster county
s. c., u veteran of the Mexican war,
despairing Of receiving pension,
committed suicide by hanging him
self to tree near his house.
The prosperity of Tennessee the
present year will exceed all expecta-
tions. Property values are advancing
steadily in every town in the, State
and substantial booms are scattered
broadcast.
Mr. D. Montz of Louisville has been
sperintendent of Methodist Sunday
school there for thirty years, and has
in that time been absent but five Sun
days. During the last twenty years he
has been absent but one Sunday.
A country senator who had been in.
vited to dine at the White House drew
a waiter to one side and said: "See
here, young fellow, give me something
to eat as soon as possible. | am
afraid the president will veto the bill
of fare.
HARRISBURG, PA, March 16.-The
House Congressional Apportionment
Committee tonight agreed to give
Philadelphia six districts-a gain Of
one. A Philadelphia re-apportion
ment was also agreed upon, making
all of the six districts Republican
thus shutting Mr.. Randall out.
Our host was nearly ninety years old
and fond of boasting Of Tasmania''
pe rfect climate and its conduciyenes,
to longevity. But" objected one o
our party, "the ages shown on the
tombstones here are not very great.
That may be well enough" was the
ready reply; "for, you see, we're 8
young COLONY, and the old ones aren
dead yet"
1t Costs Something Over a Thou
sand Dollars for the Alderman to at
tend funeral, and the taxpayers have
to foot the bill. Mayor Hewitt sug
gests that their grief is altogether to,
expensive, and naively asks how thes,
city officials managed to wear fou
pairs of gloves each. He forgets tina
when there is chace to get at TIN
treasury it's pretty poor Alderman
who hasn't hands enough to take eve
rything within reach.
A farmer near Milroy, Pa, removed
a stump from a field one day last week
In its hollow WAS what seemed to be
lot of knotted rope. After the sup
posed rope had lain in the sun for
short time the farmer discovered tha
it was mass of copperhead snake
twisted and interlaced together wit
the heads outward, 1t is reporte,
that he killed them and found tina
there were just 193 It's pity h
couldn't have made it an even 200.
A Toronto shoplift sr was recent
captured in Montreal, and she panne,
out remarkably we'll. In a pocke
three feet long was an assortment G
, spoons, thread, lace, and other valua
bles. Her hustle was formed of tw
bed sheets, a ladys beautiful hat, an
a colored glass Jug Her trunks cor
tanned bed clothes, all kinds of wear
ing apparel, brushes, combs, over /
900 rolls of thread, a large bag of neet
les, pins, &C., about 80 pounds Of soaI
matches, fancy cards, glassware, tabl
goods, feathers, bottles, and jars {
preserves.
: Christine Nilsson has been marie
t to Count Miranda, and it is reporte
she will retire from the lyric stage.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1887-03-24

Nearly every advantage is attended
by some special danger. The flying
fish in rising from the water and fly
ing, escapes the dolphin but is caught
by the sea-gull,
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1887-03-24

1t is only after marriage that doc
tors say kissing is injurious from a
sanitary view.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1887-03-24
ITEMS OF INTER- EST.
Gathered From Our Exchanges
and Properly Credited.
JONESBoRO.


Herald & Tribune
Work has been suspended on ]. s.
Buffers warehouse for the past few
days on account OF bad weather.
G. w. Bolinger's machine shop is
now being rushed toward completion,
and we expect soon to see it in full
running order.
A. S. Deaderick and ]. H. Epps,
have formed a copartnership for the
practice Of law, the style of the firm
being Deaderick & Epps.
Capt. Sewer is repairing and making
a number of changes in the Washing
ton House, with view to the better
accommodation of his guests.
Secretary of State Allison, and his
brother George, of Nashville, came
home-called to see their mother who
has been very sick for some weeks.
Messrs. John Allison and J. II. Epps
have dissolved the partnership which
existed under the name of Allison &
Epps, attorneys at law, for some time
past.
Mr.. Phil. Barnett, and the Misses
Nora, Stacy and Jennie Crumley, all
of Johnson City, spent Friday last
with the family Of Rev. F. D. Crumley
of this place.
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MoRRIsToWN.

committed suicide by hanging with a
blanket, The matter had been kept
quiet until last week, and hut few peo-
pie knew it.
The week just past has been very
active in real estate transactions, and
the sales amounted to upwards 1T e25,.
600. There is hut little excitement,
and holders are willing to sell at rea-
sonablr prices.
Rev E Allison received telegram
last Sunday announcing the death Of
Mr.. l.. G, Peoples, n prominent citizen
Of Jon"sboro, Mr.. Allison went up to
conduct the funeral services.
BRISTOL.
Reporter.
One of the bridges, near HolstOn on
the s. A. & o. R. R., was completed
Saturday, and the bridge over the
Holston river will be attended to next.
Rev. j. 7, Kincannon, D. D., Of Lib
erty, Va, came down Thursday to
preach the funeral OF Mrs. Beckner.
After the 1st of April he will be locat.
ed at johnson City.
We are informed that stranger is
in Bristol who seriously contemplates
starting new handle factory. He
says there IS so much hickory timber
in this section that an additional fac
tory would not be improbable.
A party OF Norfolk & Western Rail
road magnates, consisting of President
+. j. Kimball, General Manager Jo
seph H, Sands, Chief Engineer w. w
Cue, and superintendent Col. Frank
Huger, arrived in Bristol on special
train Thursday. Friday morning they
boarded one of the cars of the S. A. (
O. Railroad and went over the new
line to look about. What their visi
means no one seems to know, but it il
surely not without an object.
HERE AND THERE.
The mineral and marble resource
sfour county are attracting consider
able attention just now. We certain
ly have immense quantities of thes'
valuable deposits and our peopf
should encourage their developments
Capitalists are looking IN this direc
ton and they should be induced t
TO invest and thereby increase ou
money circulAtion.-ROgsrsvill Hs'
ald.
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"saraan.I,a .. ,saratnrs

Miss Marietta Holly. the distinguished
humorous author known rs ".io.aia AZ
tets's WE, has just finished her new
book Samantha at Saratoga in the
inimitlbIe mirtll- provoking style of
Samantha at the Ceatcr raial," !" "Betscv
Eobbits," etc, and has sold the MSS.
for good round snm 10 Hassrs. Hub.
bard Bros, OF Philadelphia, who are en-
ploying the best honiorous artist in the
country to illustrate it. and propose
bringing il ont this Spring at a popular
all last seas on amid the whirl of shion
at Saratoga, AID takes OH il foilies. fir
tatons png dogs. low neck dressing
etc. etc, in d style inat is overiiowing
with richest hunor, and must create q
great sensation.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1887-04-29

The word boycott" originated in
Ireland Capt. Boycott vas the agen,
of a landlord in Ireland, who became so
unpopular that the tenants would have
nothing to do With him; they wantet!
him removed, but his employer refused
to discharge him; then the tensnts de-
c!incd to harvest the crops, aad agreed tc
forever decline to work for Boycott, OF
to haze any irien dshi? OF dealings with
anybody that iq any way wooid favor
Boycott--the word from that time on
came into popular use
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1887-04-29

There is nothing to indicate that any
thing approximating full vote will be
pollcd in Dakota next fall on the diyis-
ion question. There is very little said
about il, and even in South eastern Da-
kota the interest has waned, In such
counties as will vote upon the question
of prohibition it is probable that a full
vote will be called out. There has been
so much row agd fuss about the division
Of the territory, extending through many
years tina, the people generally have
grown tired OF the question,-Rapld
CITY journal.
The time is not ripe The interest in
South eastern Dakota has not waned by
any means. 1t is but quietly resting but
all the time keeping up a terrible think
ing. 1t will be found, also. that Eeariy
every county in the territory viii vote or
prohibition aud this issue alone viii cal
out full vote all over the territory
Wait and see.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1887-04-29
r news Her Youth.

Mrs. Phoebe Chesley, Peterson,
Clay Co, Iowa, tells the following
remarkable story, the truth of which
is youched for by the residents of the
town: 81 an, 10 wears old, have been
troubled WITH sidney complaint aud
tana,tess jof nsoY Years; could not
v5.- ry5git Ni-ha3' help Now | am
ir",a d! rsin sad soreness, and
IA @bj. 70 da sii ny aali housewerls.
| 9we 'ny til inks to Electric Bitters
sor h2ylag reaewed my youth, aad
re,n we'd completely all disease aud
H." Try bottle, only SOC. at
@a.ers Dgu5 store. I4]
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1887-04-29

1t is now stated that the true reason
for Cleycland's rcyoking hr,hur's order
opening the Crow Creek and Hinncbago
reservations to settlement is that specu-
lators had unlawfuily gained soreknow
ledge that Arthnr's order was to be is.
sued and at once proceeded to giab the
bcs, lands to the exclusion OF honest
settlers
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1887-04-29
ns, ~ .iEDNa,

K
iFirst Publication A prsl %. 1872
hd judicial district. ! fof Brnie Go.
r The Farmers and Traders Rank, M
corporation organized nrder the
laws Of Tho Territory OF Dakota.
rhssnae h, y ssoihsyell, rinsie
Matharslli John II. Able, Joseph
& zach ard uenty Eitzgsrala, part
ners rs khel Bnch u sltsea-s.:;tt::7t
David Adler 4 Hers, q corpsi atian
orgNnisel under the laws Of the
Nex H. Adam, Albert u. faxu1l | q, ~. -.
! Hild Osborn Il. Keith 1,srttors as t'u..shions'
Edison Keith d Co; nernard Calm,
Jaseph Calm, t'hnf flsr lian. Louis
Wamppld and David Wal,aoh,
( partpers az Calm, Marro.d i Cos;
Bernard Kuppo.theipifr, ) eDas
&KMpprnhoimer, Louis y. EGprap-
hein.ar and Samuel Nathan, Isrt-
5 rars as kappenha,asr6 d to-; Nor
! Yis Sells, Charles w. Schwat MAX
& a. Mayer and John ". Bunn,
partnern as Sela, Sehwph d I'm,
5 The Territory of Dakota eends greeting to the
atavensnied defendants,
You arc hereby sninnipaea aud ieuuired to
Rnswer the complaint Of ti.a above nsnied plaip-
ti6 which was filed IN The office of tEe Clerk of
Dist. Court nt Gha,nberlan, brnls CO. ID. n, on
the 18th day ,,f April, md to serve copy of
The City OF Ghansbsr1ain, Braio GO, y. T., within
\ thirty days after the seryica eff iis summons
exclusive pf the day of aG if ynu fail to
answer the complaint within tllht t;Ire the piAip-
Sfif will apply TO the court for the Te.ief dnnana-
+ ed in the cnnpiaiDt. s II
u GoodylSopn.y Keiiarn & Porter,
4 SSssg Plaintiff q Attrncys,
I Ghnnb .lia. Bruse s'eunty. u. Z. e6i
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1887-04-29

yosenh ssowngt's "Ltsr ns Feecher."
Joseph Howard, Jr. the widely
known journalist and intimate friend Of
Henry Ward Eeerher for the past fifty
years, is engaged unon life Of ,hc great
preacier and Orator, which will no
donht be the standard work. as Mr..
Howard S intimate relations with Mir.
Becchcr, and his justly won popularity
MS writer, are an assurance of work
OF pec,:iiaT interest and value. We learn
the work il TO he hropgh out by Hub
bard Bros. at an early day, and viii no
doubt be sold by subscription.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1887-04-29
The marriage was illcgihle.

sound:
The marriage was illcgihe.
She was quick at repertoire.
They had strawberry vestibulc.
The men employed by tie gas com.
pany go around and speculate the meter.
The coercion OF things is remarkable;
as bread and in0lasses.
Still going by sound the little ones,
having geological and geological in
mind, make the following libeIous SEN
tencee:
There are good many donkeys in
theological gardens.
Some OF the best fossils are found in
theological cabinets,
In Inathemaiics--
A straight line is any distance between
two places.
A circle is y round straight line with a
hole in the middle.
Geography affords list which leads
Mark to observe: These pupils did
not hunt with microscope, they hunted
with a shot gun; this is shown by the
crippled condition of the game they
brought i'm
Mason and Dixons line is the equator.
/ Russia is very cold and tyrannical.
1t Austria the principal occupation is
! gathering Austrich feathers.
| Ireland is called the Eln;grnnt Iaie be
| cause it is so beau iful and green.
| Climate lasts al the time and weather
only a few days.
Wherein Mark could find anything
either funny or prepostcrous in the fol.
| lowing answers it is hard to see:
! The first conscientious congress met in
Philadelphia
The constitution OF the United States
| is that part of the book at the end which
nobody reads.
| Congress is divided into civilized, hail
civilized and savage.
The great humnrist concludes his arti
Gle by insisting that not the teacher MOI
the child is too blame for all this non
sense. Upon boards, committees ant
trustees should be poured the vials ol
ridicule which the examples given 81
clearly justify. He concludes by declar
ing that "a laT part of the pupils in
struction' consists in crHmming him Will
obscure and wordy rules which he does
not understand and has no time to under
stand. 1t would be rs useful to Gran
him with brickbats; they would at leas
stay"
Thus far the demonstrations of dis,in
gnished physicians and the complaint
Of veteran teachers have little moved tn
gentlemen of our school boards to adop
Il sensible aud safe method OF instructin
oar children. Perhaps ritiicnle, whc
such masters Of that weapon as Mar
TWAIN so well know how to use, ma
touch the quick deeply enough TO rous
attention, where all else has failed
all events it is to be hoped he will ne
content himself with the one pro
above impcrfectly noted
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1887-04-29
A Captains Fortunate Discovery

Capt Coleman, Schr, Weymouth, ply
ing between Atlantic City and n. Y,
had been troubled with a cough so that
ho was unable to sleep. and was induced
to try DIR. Kings New Discovery for
Consumption. 1t not only gave him in.
stant relief, but alaycd the extreme sore
aess in mis- breast His children were
ainilaTly affected sn1 single dose had
fhe sa'ue happy effect DIR Kings New
Discovery is now the standard remedy III
The Coleman household and on board the
| schooner Free tr!a! bottle oi tEis Stan
dsrd Remedy at F. Z. MIller's Drug
! Store Al
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1887-04-29

Asnh il. Stnast, Atty.
Land Dif;cs at Mitchell Oak. April 4, 1881.
Notice is hereby given that the following nnmed
sA,tlar has flsd notice Of his intent,pn to make
anal rrpof in support OF his claim, ard that said
prt,uf will l,e made before D. ". s;paiding Clerk
Of tho Dist. Court at Ghasnberlain. D. T.. on Ma,
~ 1887 via: John 81 Stewart, Hid. No. is,'ss3 for
1he MEX SEQ 3s-Tp. lo4-R. Civ. 5 p. Al. He
nAfnes the following witnesses TO prove his cou,
1inuoua residsncA upon, etli Quilt of, said
Land, viz: Lorenzo Wait, Richard Sweet J. W
d NJ Sf3 III Geo. b. Everitt, Reg
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1887-04-29
D; w. Butler, MI Atty.

-. w. Butler, Ally.
Notice il hereby given that the following-nstned
settler has fled notice of his intention to make
final proof in support Of lis claim and that said
proof will be made before Judge Of the Probate
Court OF Brule Co., at Chamberlain. OAK, on
juno II, 1857, at one O'Clock p. M, viz: Edward
r.. Crneser snder his ID. s. entry No. t.lt5 for
the NsTis Sec. 2j-Tp. los MIR. 81 w. 5 Z. II. He
nemca the following witnesses toprove his con.
tinuous residence apnn, and cultivation Of said
land, viz: Samuel ". Beckett, William Backer,
Albert, OF Eiyes, Brule Co., D. 4.
2b5 Geo. b. Everitt Reg.